Allegations of harassment surface following El Dorado after party shooting that injured one

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El Dorado, AR - An El Dorado Police Department officer is facing allegations of harassment following an incident at an afterparty on April 26th. The accusation comes in the wake of a shooting that occurred outside the event venue that night.

El Dorado Police Department was summoned to a prom afterparty at the municipal auditorium. This was not at the actual prom but a private prom afterparty. This had no affiliation with the El Dorado prom.

According to Ryan White, the DJ for the afterparty, the confrontation happened as he was packing up his equipment to leave after the shooting. White claims that an officer approached him in an aggressive manner and mistreated him despite his efforts to remain professional and disengaged.

Not once did they tell me, hey sir, you can’t go in the building. I stayed out of the way. They were doing their thing, and I was doing my thing. Normally an officer he would say Hey, sir, or something like that. He didn’t say none of that. He came up to me with his chest out. Aye Dude didn’t I tell you not to go in there or something like that. Then he pushed me. I said, hey, man, what you push me for? I felt like so uncomfortable. It felt like I was about to get into it with a person on the street, like I didn’t feel safe. One of his officers told him to chill out. That’s when you know, it’s bad. If another officer got to tell you to stop, it’s bad.
-Ryan White

White’s girlfriend Morgan Malone, who was also present, backed his account and described the officer’s behavior as unnecessarily hostile. The couple stated they felt unfairly targeted in a moment that was already tense and chaotic.

However, El Dorado Police Chief Kenny Hickman offered a different perspective. In an official statement, Hickman defended the actions of the officer involved, stating that law enforcement was in the process of securing and clearing a crime scene, so evidence could be gathered safely.

Officers were clearing a crime scene in order to begin gathering evidence. Virtually all of the younger persons there were very cooperative and all, but he and a female had moved. He was told more than once. Most people understand they are supposed to move. His response, had we not been otherwise occupied, would have resulted in his arrest. There was no harassment, but there was obstruction on his end. The officers were doing their job. It isn’t harassment, but it is compulsory.
-El Dorado Police Chief Kenny Hickman

While the police maintain that the officer was acting within protocol, White and Malone believe the situation was mishandled. White stated how he has never had issues with El Dorado Police Department before and does not understand what this specific officer’s issue was.

Now that I look back on it and I see what actually happened, I’m like, wow. Like he could have been another number. Like, he could have got killed because of his skin. Like, I see it as a whole different incident now that I go back, and I look at my own words. Breaks my heart because this is my hometown. This is where I’ve grown up my entire life. This is where I thought my kids would grow up one day when I had them. This is where I thought my family would be. Seeing that my family still lives in El Dorado and seeing what everybody’s going through, I have a whole different perspective on how I feel now.
-Morgan Malone

El Dorado Police Chief also said the shooter used a fully automatic weapon and an innocent bystander was hurt. They are asking if anyone with information on the crime to contact the El Dorado Police Department.

Zadiamond Cowser was hospitalized but is okay. She has an injury to her thigh but is working on her recovery as we speak.